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23rd August 1973

A Class 104 DMU in Guide Bridge station forms 2H93 the 17:04 Stalybridge - Stockport on Thursday 23 August 1973. Mr Deltic.

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7th September 1975

DMU cars M50536 and M56179 wait to form the 16.41 to Stalybridge in a bay at Stockport on 7 September 1975. I seem to remember the service was occasional even in these days, but of course it was reduced to just one service a week as a means of avoiding the closure procedure. Jeremy Chapter.

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31st August 1976

M50356 (and presumably M56111) arrives at Stalybridge with the 14:30 from Stockport (with a tail lamp at this end? maybe changing platforms?) on 31 August 1976. On the left the 12:13 Scarborough-Liverpool Lime Street departs with refurbished liveried E50169 on the rear. Robert Thomas.

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31st March 1977

Having just arrived at Stalybridge on the famous shuttle from Stockport on 31/3/77 is a Class 100 set. The station which has actually expanded in recent times and of course still retains the marvellous Stalybridge Buffet and Bar! Stephen Burdett.

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late-1970s

Gloucester built DMU at Guide Bridge in the late 1970s. It is working the Stalybridge - Stockport shuttle, known to some as the 'Dodger' because it had to negotiate across three of the main lines that radiate out of Manchester. Arnie Furniss.

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1979

A GRCW DMU at Stalybridge in 1979 after arriving from Stockport. John Law.

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5th May 1979

A two-car Class 104 DMU formed of M50537 + M56180 is seen at Stalybridge while on Stockport duties on 5 May 1979. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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8th December 1980

A GRC&W set formed of M50356 + M56111 with a Stockport train at Stalybridge on December 8th, 1980. John Carter.

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3rd September 1981

A Class 100/105 hybrid, the DMBS believed to be M50342. Taken at Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.

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3rd September 1981

M50342 and a Class 105 DTC leave Stalybridge on the 3rd September 1981. Malcolm Clements.

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June 1982

Longsight Lash-up on the Shuttle. Not THE celebrity pairing which lasted a few more years, but this is another Gloucester / Cravens hybrid set on the Stalybridge to Stockport shuttle entering Guide Bridge in June 1982. Here we see M51115 paired with M56465, both of which started their lives in Scotland at Leith Central and Kittybrewster respectively. They were both withdrawn by the end of the year. Murray Liston.

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Unknown date

A Gloucester set at Stalybridge. Undated. Ian Francis.

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1980s

The bleak station at Stalybridge in the 1980s, with the Stockport to Stalybridge working in the bay, formed of a mixed-livery hybrid Class 104/108 DMU. Ian Docwra.

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9th March 1983

High up in the Pennines, a Gloucester Class 100 Twin comprising Driving Trailer Composite (downgraded to Driving Trailer 2nd) M56109 and Motor Brake 2nd M50354 await departure from platform 3 at Stalybridge with the 11:45 service to Stockport. Saturday 9th March 1983. Having grown up with Gloucester twins in eastern Scotland, I was always glad to renew my acquaintance with the type though I have to admit I regarded them with some disdain when they were everyday fare. Brian McDevitt.

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circa 1984

Class 104 with experimental half engine modification, EXP DM352, with 78601 (50521) leading 78851 (50446) passes through Audenshaw, under Stamford Road bridge and past Boothcote Farm on a Stalybridge to Stockport service. Date unknown. Likely 1980s, likely a weekend. Photograph taken from approximately 53.46859569880387, -2.1215742975572685. Photo by my dad, David Slack. Uploaded by Andrew Slack. David Slack.

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circa June 1984

A Class 122 DMU, likely 55006, in Stalybridge station with the Stockport shuttle. The slide process date was June 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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20th July 1984

Class 108 Derby 2-car DMU 51904 + 54487 stand at Stalybridge with the 18-28 to Stockport on 20-7-84. On Tour With the Class 13 Army.

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21st July 1984

Class 104 DMU set BX481 sits in Stalybridge station on 12 July 1984. DMBS 53421 is closest, the other two vehicles are presumably 59148 + 53487. Chris McKee.

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19th November 1984

M55005 at Stockport on the Stalybridge service on 19 November 1984. Stuart Mackay Collection.

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August 1985

A Class 104 DMBS / Class 108 DMSL hydrid (53447 + 52055) at Stockport in August 1985 with the Stalybridge shuttle. Ian Docwra.